Upsala College - Upsalite Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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Olson has devoted so much valuable time, pay grateful tribute to the man who is largely responsible for the growth of Upsala. This year was indeed memorable, for dur- ing the early part of November, the famous brook Hall so that we might have the op- portunity to see it. It was at this time that Carl Sandburg, the eminent poet and biog- rapher of Lincoln dedicated the collection. We certainly hope that in time we will have Dr. Bjorkman displays his Lincoln collection Bjorkman collection of Lincoln lore passed into our possession. Dr. Valentine Bjorkman began collecting Lincolnia over forty years ago and at the time of his death in 1940 it had grown to be one of the most complete collections in the country. It is divided into several individual parts. One part contains the newspapers and scrapbooks, another photographs, and still another portraits, statuary, and books. Perhaps one of the most striking of the objects is a replica of the emancipatofs hand cast in bronze. 50 life- like is this bit of sculpture that few can resist touching it. During mid semester exams, Dr. Lawson, Prof. Arnold and Prof. Nilson worked hard to temporarily display the collection in Ken- a place to permanently display the collec- tion, for it is really worth seeing. Dr. Lawson and Carl Sandburg talk Lincoln

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were quite good and the team wound up With a five-hundred percentage for the year,s play. Twenty-five years ago the trustees of this college elected Mr. Karl J. Olson t0 the post of treasurer of the institution. This was a great honor. However, Mr. Olson soon found out to his dismay that all he could flnd in the purse 0f the college was the bottom. With indomitable spirit, the new treasurer tackled the financial problem and liked it. Now, that the bottom of the purse is no longer Visible, Mr. Olson is convinced that the work which he acquired with the title was greater than any honor that went along with it. But as he has said many times, it was well worth the effort to see Upsala grow from Kenilworth propor- tions to its present ones. With the new year 1941 came a new ar- rival to our campus, in the person of Mrs. Lawson, following her marriage to our Presi- Welcome, Mrs. Lawson One Hundred Forty KARL J. OLSON, Treasurer dent on December 27th. The coeds of Upsala arranged a welcoming tea in her honor under the leadership of Virginia Finney. It was held in Kenbrook Hall late one Friday afternoon. All the girls and some of the faculty wives attended. Mrs. Lawson, Miss Eldora Lawson, and the feminine class oiiicers graced the re- ceiving line. In an adjoining room, the table was at- tractively set with roses, candles, dainty sandwiches and cookies. There was some consternation over the supply of refresh- ments, but fortunately our coeds are also concerned over their figures. Miss Grinde- land and Miss Carman poured. We hope that this will be the beginning of many more pleasant associations with our new friend. Twenty-five years of keeping the records deserves just more than recognition. We, as students of the institution to which Mr.

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May time and Receptions Spring Week had finally arrived! Just when exams were getting past our endurance mark, they were over! Now, with a sigh of relief, we could devote ourselves whole- heartedly to Spring Week. The grass was green; the buds had llbuddedlk and the col- cred bulbs had been hoisted from tree to tree. The throne had been prepared and was waiting for her exalted majesty, the Spring Queen. Spring Week! What it means to Seniors can never be expressed! The first bomb exploded on Fridayethe track meeteeheld at Ashland Stadium With the ltOWls,, literally running away with the prize. That same evening, in summer formal, we One Hundrrd Forty-two assembled at the Suburban Hotel in East Orange for the annual All-Upsalan Banquet. We ate, we sang, clapped our hands to honor the recipients of the various awards, and then listened to the sage, though jolly speech of the author-parson, Reverend Gilbert, our guest of honor. Thus ended our first day of Spring Week ewith all Upsalans looking forward, and expectantly, to the great Saturday about to dawn. Dawn came, but it was not until nine delock that the alarm rang us back into conscious existence. Upon some meditation, we decided to go back to dream until eleven olclock, for that would give us plenty of time to get ready for our noon appointments. We were the lucky ones, for the Spring Week